2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles

July 2014 July 2014 2014 Wimbledon Championships CZE Petra Kvitová CAN Eugenie Bouchard 6–3, 6–0 128 (12 Q Qualifiers / 8 WC Wildcards) 32 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles 2014 Wimbledon Championships Petra Kvitová defeated Eugenie Bouchard in the final, 6–3, 6–0 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships.Barrett John Wimbledon: The Official History 2014 Vision Sports Publishing 9-781909-534230 4th It was her second Wimbledon title and second and last major title overall.Petra Kvitova thrashes Eugenie Bouchard in final https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/28177057 5 July 2014 6 July 2014 Piers Newbery BBC Sport BBCPetra Kvitova inspired by 'fan' Navratilova https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/28178902 5 July 2014 6 July 2014 Piers Newbery BBC Sport BBC Marion Bartoli was the reigning champion, but she retired from professional tennis in August 2013.Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli retires from tennis https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/tennis/10243997/Wimbledon-champion-Marion-Bartoli-retires-from-tennis.html 15 August 2013 6 July 2014 The Daily Telegraph Like at that year's French Open, the tournament was marked by two significant upsets. The top two seeds – Serena Williams and Li Na – both lost in the third round. This marked the first time in the Open Era that neither of the top two seeds at Wimbledon reached the fourth round. Five-time Wimbledon champion Williams' defeat equalled her earliest exit from the tournament (she lost at the same stage in 1998 and 2005).A Most Unusual Upset for Serena https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/11149941/espnw-top-seeded-serena-williams-stunned-france-alize-cornet-wimbledon-third-round 28 June 2014 6 July 2014 Melissa Isaacson ESPNW ESPN Internet Ventures Two-time major champion Li fell to unseeded Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová, in what would be her final professional tennis match; she announced her retirement from the sport three months later.More major malaise for Li Na https://www.espn.com/tennis/wimbledon14/story/_/id/11144932/wimbledon-more-major-malaise-li-na 28 June 2014 6 July 2014 Greg Garber ESPN ESPN Internet Ventureshttps://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/19/sports/tennis/chinas-li-na-set-to-retire-from-tennis.html Li Na, Two-Time Major Winner, Is Retiring With Knee Woes The New York Times Ben Rothenberg 18 September 2014 19 September 2014 The final Sixth-seeded Kvitová defeated her compatriot and 23rd-seeded Lucie Šafářová, 7–6(8–6), 6–1 in the first semifinal, while 13th-seeded Eugenie Bouchard defeated third-seeded Simona Halep, 7–6(7–5), 6–2 in the other.Petra Kvitova beats Lucie Safarova in semi-final https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/28148500 3 July 2014 6 July 2014 Piers Newbery BBC Sport BBChttps://www.bbc.com/sport/0/tennis/28150860 Halep injured in Wimbledon semi 20 May 2015 Bouchard, playing in only her sixth grand slam tournament, advanced to the final without losing a set, becoming the first Canadian tennis player to reach the singles final of a grand slam.Kvitova Re-conquers Wimbledon http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3963603/title/kvitova-re-conquers-wimbledon 5 July 2014 6 July 2014 WTA TourEugenie Bouchard reaches Wimbledon final http://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/eugenie-bouchard-reaches-wimbledon-final-1.2694990 3 July 2014 6 July 2014 CBC Sports CBC The title match was the first grand slam final contested between two players born in the 1990s. In the first set, Kvitová broke in the third game and broke again in the seventh to establish a 5–2 lead. With Kvitová serving for the set, Bouchard broke back, but Kvitová did the same in the following game to take the first set 6–3. The second set saw Kvitová lose only three points on serve as she bagelled Bouchard 6–0. Only 10 other Wimbledon women singles champions lost "fewer games in the final than Kvitova did".Petra Kvitova wins Wimbledon title https://www.espn.com/tennis/wimbledon14/story/_/id/11178235/petra-kvitova-wins-second-wimbledon-title 5 July 2014 6 July 2014 ESPN ESPN Internet Ventures Associated Press The victory gave Kvitová her second Wimbledon title and second Grand Slam title overall. After the tournament, Bouchard improved to a career-high World No. 7 in the WTA rankings, surpassing Carling Bassett-Seguso's record of being the highest-ranked Canadian woman of all-time, while Kvitová moved up to World No. 4. Seeds 1 1 USA Serena Williams (third round) 2 8 CHN Li Na (third round) 3 3 ROM Simona Halep (semifinals) 4 6 POL Agnieszka Radwańska (fourth round) 5 2 RUS Maria Sharapova (fourth round) 6 7 CZE Petra Kvitová (champion) 7 4 SRB Jelena Janković (first round) 8 5 BLR Victoria Azarenka (second round) 9 2 GER Angelique Kerber (quarterfinals) 10 5 SVK Dominika Cibulková (third round) 11 4 SRB Ana Ivanovic (third round) 12 7 ITA Flavia Pennetta (second round) 13 1 CAN Eugenie Bouchard (final) 14 6 ITA Sara Errani (first round) 15 3 ESP Carla Suárez Navarro (second round) 16 8 DEN Caroline Wozniacki (fourth round) 17 8 AUS Samantha Stosur (first round) 18 7 USA Sloane Stephens (first round) 19 4 GER Sabine Lisicki (quarterfinals) 20 1 GER Andrea Petkovic (third round) 21 3 ITA Roberta Vinci (first round) 22 6 RUS Ekaterina Makarova (quarterfinals) 23 5 CZE Lucie Šafářová (semifinals) 24 2 BEL Kirsten Flipkens (third round) 25 1 FRA Alizé Cornet (fourth round) 26 2 RUS Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (first round) 27 5 ESP Garbiñe Muguruza (first round) 28 6 RUS Svetlana Kuznetsova (first round) 29 3 ROM Sorana Cîrstea (first round) 30 7 USA Venus Williams (third round) 31 4 CZE Klára Koukalová (second round) 32 8 RUS Elena Vesnina (second round) Qualifying 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles qualifying Draw Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final 180 13 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 6 6 9 GER Angelique Kerber 3 4 3 ROM Simona Halep 6 6 19 GER Sabine Lisicki 4 0 23 CZE Lucie Šafářová 6 6 22 RUS Ekaterina Makarova 3 1 6 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 7 CZE Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 1 5 13 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 77 6 3 ROM Simona Halep 65 2 23 CZE Lucie Šafářová 66 1 6 CZE Petra Kvitová 78 6 13 CAN Eugenie Bouchard 3 0 6 CZE Petra Kvitová 6 6 Top half Section 1 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 1 USA S Williams 6 6 USA A Tatishvili 1 2 RSA C Scheepers 6 6 USA C McHale 3 3 SRB J Jakšić 2 6 5 CZE P Cetkovská 6 4 7 SVK AK Schmiedlová 6 4 2 25 FRA A Cornet 4 6 6 20 GER A Petkovic 6 6 POL K Piter 1 4 ROM I-C Begu 1 6 7 FRA V Razzano 6 4 5 WC ESP S Soler Espinosa 6 6 BLR O Govortsova 2 3 SVK D Hantuchová 5 5 13 CAN E Bouchard 7 7 1 USA S Williams 6 6 RSA C Scheepers 1 1 CZE P Cetkovská 4 7 3 25 FRA A Cornet 6 5 6 20 GER A Petkovic 6 3 6 ROM I-C Begu 4 6 1 WC ESP S Soler Espinosa 5 1 13 CAN E Bouchard 7 6 1 USA S Williams 6 3 4 25 FRA A Cornet 1 6 6 20 GER A Petkovic 3 4 13 CAN E Bouchard 6 6 25 FRA A Cornet 65 5 13 CAN E Bouchard 77 7 Section 2 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 9 GER A Kerber 6 6 POL U Radwańska 2 4 GBR H Watson 6 6 CRO A Tomljanović 3 2 CRO P Martić 0 1 ESP L Domínguez Lino 6 6 Q AUT T Paszek 4 77 2 24 BEL K Flipkens 6 63 6 26 RUS A Pavlyuchenkova 6 5 1 USA A Riske 4 7 6 ROM A Cadanțu 1 65 ITA C Giorgi 6 77 Q SUI T Bacsinszky 6 6 CAN S Fichman 1 3 WC GBR S Murray 1 0 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 9 GER A Kerber 6 5 6 GBR H Watson 2 7 1 ESP L Domínguez Lino 2 1 24 BEL K Flipkens 6 6 USA A Riske 7 6 ITA C Giorgi 5 2 Q SUI T Bacsinszky 2 1 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 9 GER A Kerber 3 6 6 24 BEL K Flipkens 6 3 2 USA A Riske 3 0 5 RUS M Sharapova 6 6 9 GER A Kerber 77 4 6 5 RUS M Sharapova 64 6 4 Section 3 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 3 ROM S Halep 6 6 BRA T Pereira 2 2 GER D Pfizenmaier 3 0 Q UKR L Tsurenko 6 6 SUI B Bencic 2 6 6 SVK M Rybáriková 6 3 3 Q USA V Duval 6 3 6 29 ROM S Cîrstea 4 6 1 21 ITA R Vinci 4 6 4 CRO D Vekić 6 4 6 WC RUS V Zvonareva 6 63 9 WC GBR T Moore 4 77 7 KAZ Z Diyas 77 6 FRA K Mladenovic 64 4 CHN S Zhang 1 2 15 ESP C Suárez Navarro 6 6 3 ROM S Halep 6 4 6 Q UKR L Tsurenko 3 6 4 SUI B Bencic 6 7 Q USA V Duval 4 5 CRO D Vekić 4 4 WC RUS V Zvonareva 6 6 KAZ Z Diyas 714 5 6 15 ESP C Suárez Navarro 612 7 2 3 ROM S Halep 6 6 SUI B Bencic 4 1 WC RUS V Zvonareva 61 6 3 KAZ Z Diyas 77 3 6 3 ROM S Halep 6 6 KAZ Z Diyas 3 0 Section 4 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 11 SRB A Ivanovic 78 6 ITA F Schiavone 66 4 GER A Beck 1 3 CHN J Zheng 6 6 CZE Ka Plíšková 64 6 10 ITA K Knapp 77 4 8 ISR J Glushko 2 1 19 GER S Lisicki 6 6 31 CZE K Koukalová 7 6 WC USA T Townsend 5 2 USA M Keys 6 6 PUR M Puig 3 3 WC CZE Kr Plíšková 6 4 6 KAZ Y Shvedova 3 6 8 EST K Kanepi 6 6 7 SRB J Janković 3 2 11 SRB A Ivanovic 6 6 CHN J Zheng 4 0 CZE Ka Plíšková 3 5 19 GER S Lisicki 6 7 31 CZE K Koukalová 5 77 2 USA M Keys 7 63 6 KAZ Y Shvedova 6 64 6 EST K Kanepi 3 77 2 11 SRB A Ivanovic 4 6 1 19 GER S Lisicki 6 3 6 USA M Keys 67 6r KAZ Y Shvedova 79 6 19 GER S Lisicki 6 3 6 KAZ Y Shvedova 3 6 4 Bottom half Section 5 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 8 BLR V Azarenka 6 7 CRO M Lučić-Baroni 3 5 SWE J Larsson 62 0 SRB B Jovanovski 77 6 Q CZE T Smitková 6 6 TPE S-w Hsieh 3 3 USA C Vandeweghe 6 3 7 27 ESP G Muguruza 3 6 5 23 CZE L Šafářová 77 77 GER J Görges 63 63 SLO P Hercog 6 6 ARG P Ormaechea 4 4 ROM M Niculescu 5 3 BEL A Van Uytvanck 7 6 Q CAN A Wozniak 1 2 10 SVK D Cibulková 6 6 8 BLR V Azarenka 3 6 5 SRB B Jovanovski 6 3 7 Q CZE T Smitková 6 77 USA C Vandeweghe 3 64 23 CZE L Šafářová 79 7 SLO P Hercog 67 5 BEL A Van Uytvanck 6 3 6 10 SVK D Cibulková 3 6 8 SRB B Jovanovski 6 65 8 Q CZE T Smitková 4 77 10 23 CZE L Šafářová 6 6 10 SVK D Cibulková 4 2 Q CZE T Smitková 0 2 23 CZE L Šafářová 6 6 Section 6 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 14 ITA S Errani 6 63 5 FRA C Garcia 2 77 7 BUL T Pironkova 78 2 2 USA V Lepchenko 66 6 6 JPN M Doi 6 6 UKR E Svitolina 4 1 JPN K Date-Krumm 6 4 5 22 RUS E Makarova 3 6 7 28 RUS S Kuznetsova 6 3 1 Q POR M Larcher de Brito 3 6 6 SUI S Vögele 3 66 WC AUS J Gajdošová 6 78 Q EST A Kontaveit 6 64 3 AUS C Dellacqua 3 77 6 Q ROM A Mitu 2 1 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 FRA C Garcia 7 6 USA V Lepchenko 5 3 JPN M Doi 5 4 22 RUS E Makarova 7 6 Q POR M Larcher de Brito 6 4 6 WC AUS J Gajdošová 3 6 3 AUS C Dellacqua 4 0 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 FRA C Garcia 5 3 22 RUS E Makarova 7 6 Q POR M Larcher de Brito 2 0 4 POL A Radwańska 6 6 22 RUS E Makarova 6 6 4 POL A Radwańska 3 0 Section 7 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 6 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 CZE A Hlaváčková 3 0 GER M Barthel 7 6 SUI R Oprandi 5 0 JPN K Nara 6 6 GER A-L Friedsam 4 4 ESP MT Torró Flor 4 6 2 30 USA V Williams 6 4 6 18 USA S Stephens 2 66 RUS M Kirilenko 6 78 GBR J Konta 4 6 4 CHN S Peng 6 3 6 USA L Davis 6 6 RUS A Kleybanova 1 2 SVK J Čepelová 2 3 12 ITA F Pennetta 6 6 6 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 GER M Barthel 2 0 JPN K Nara 64 1 30 USA V Williams 77 6 RUS M Kirilenko 0 3 CHN S Peng 6 6 USA L Davis 6 77 12 ITA F Pennetta 4 64 6 CZE P Kvitová 5 77 7 30 USA V Williams 7 62 5 CHN S Peng 0 6 6 USA L Davis 6 3 3 6 CZE P Kvitová 6 6 CHN S Peng 3 2 Section 8 First round Second round Third round Fourth round 16 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 ISR S Pe'er 3 0 WC GBR N Broady 2 79 6 HUN T Babos 6 67 0 Q CRO A Konjuh 6 4 6 NZL M Erakovic 3 6 0 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 6 17 AUS S Stosur 3 4 32 RUS E Vesnina 6 6 AUT P Mayr-Achleitner 0 4 Q RUS A Kudryavtseva 2 2 CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 6 USA V King 5 3 AUT Y Meusburger 7 6 Q POL P Kania 5 2 2 CHN N Li 7 6 16 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 WC GBR N Broady 3 2 Q CRO A Konjuh 3 6 6 BEL Y Wickmayer 6 2 2 32 RUS E Vesnina 4 2 CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 6 AUT Y Meusburger 2 2 2 CHN N Li 6 6 16 DEN C Wozniacki 6 6 Q CRO A Konjuh 3 0 CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 77 77 2 CHN N Li 65 65 16 DEN C Wozniacki 2 5 CZE B Záhlavová-Strýcová 6 7 Championship match statistics Category CZE Kvitová CAN Bouchard 1st serve %28/41 (68%) 35/57 (61%) 1st serve points won23 of 28 = 82% 16 of 35 = 46% 2nd serve points won5 of 13 = 38% 8 of 22 = 36% Total service points won28 of 41 = 68.29% 24 of 57 = 42.11% Aces4 1 Double faults 3 2 Winners227 Unforced errors7 6 Net points won 7 of 9 = 78% 0 of 1 = 0% Break points converted 6 of 13 = 46% 1 of 1 = 100% Return points won 33 of 57 = 58% 13 of 41 = 32% Total points won 61 37Source References External links 2014 LS 2014 Wimbledon Championships on WTAtennis.com 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's draws and results at the International Tennis Federation 2014 French Open – 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